Week 6 Day 5 Gravity

We started with Gratitude Circle and a game of "Warm Wind Blows for Anyone Who..." . Then we recorded their play since the live performance was cancelled. I will send out the edited version by 8pm tonight. After snack break and obstacle course we discussed how solar and lunar tides are caused by the gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon and they made models with the Sun, Moon and Earth to show how high and low tides occur due to gravitational pull. Next we finished some Statolith Marble art. Then we discussed what gravity is like on the Moon. For example, volunteers jumped as high as they could, we recorded the height of the jump and multiplied it by 6 to figure out how high they jumped if they were on the Moon. Or we stood on a scale and divided our weight by 6 to see how much we weigh on the Moon. Next they created illustrations to go with their own stories of “A Day on the Moon” (imagining what it would be like to spend a day on the Moon). Some drew playing a game of baseball or soccer on the Moon and drew how the ball would go really far or need to be weighted to play normal. Another explorer drew themselves having a picnic while watching Earth in the distance. Then we had lunch and went to the creek.